Re: "Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and infections in the first year of life: A report from the United Kingdom childhood cancer study" [1]

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-365

  Dorak, M Tevfik ^a,b   McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Parker, Louise ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMIGEN LLC   (United States)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADENOVIRUS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1;

EID: 34547664615     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm158     Document Type: Letter

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